I can confirm this bug for evolution 3.22.6-1ubuntu1 amd64 on a Ubuntu 17.04
With the German (Switzerland) keyboard layout I need [Alt Gr] to type an @
symbol (!)
I reported a bug on gnome/evolution, too:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784553
Both the focus loss and the added comma
BTW does anybody know a workaround that still works?
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Comma inserted when pressing AltGr or Alt key in evolution to/cc input
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To
I can confirm for evulution version 3.16.5
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Comma inserted when pressing AltGr or Alt key in evolution to/cc input
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** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in:
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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I figured that the unexpected comma, is actually inserted on purpose when the
"CC" or "TO" input fields get focus.
Though it might be a bit surprising that Evolution inserts a comma
automatically (even when no valid mail exists in the input field), that is
actually a feature.
The root cause of
I also investigated the "focus" theory a bit further:
// Find evolution window id
$ xdotool getmouselocation
// Focus the "TO" input field, type some letters follow by [AltGr] + [2]
(@ on Danish keyboard)
$ xev -id 23181333 -event keyboard -event focus
KeymapNotify event, serial 17, synthetic
** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => evolution (Ubuntu)
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